Just a thought... I've got a 2000 tomos and I'm considering building a seat in the u in the middle of the bike so that I can lie back (with my feet on pegs on the front wheel). It'll reduce the frontal area ..BIG TIME and allow me to add a shell for aero-dynamic improvement.
Comments?
In the 178MPG topic, I mentioned building a bike from scratch. A recumbant is
exactly what I was thinking of. Had the thought a little while ago, but watching
junkyard wars last night made me think more about it.
I think you would have to stretch the bike out some, otherwise, your feet are
really going to be in the way when you try to corner.
Years (over 25 at least) ago the world record for furthest distance on a gallon of gas was done with an aerodynamic recumbent bike. It was powered by a Honda 50 c.c. engine. If I recall one of the details correctly, the engine ran full bore til it reached a maximum speed, then it was shut down and the bike coasted. when it got to a minimum critical speed, the driver popped the clutch and the engine allowed to roar to that maximum speed.
Repeating this procedure on a track got them that World Record way back when.
Jim C.
About every 3 days or so I see a post titled
I've noticed a huge difference between highway and city mileage on my mopeds. Last year I went to visit my parents in a nearby city about 120km (75 miles) away. I used my 1982 Honda PA-50 for the trip. Normally its 3 litre (.75 gallon) tank is good for about 60km (38 miles). It almost made it the whole way on one tank: about 110km (70 miles)!
My mileage observations (city driving):
1982 Honda PA-50II: 5L/100km (47MPG)
1978 Peugeot 103: 5L/100km (47 MPG) (this used to be better before it was stolen and crashed a few times last year).
1981 Jawa Supreme III: 6L/100km (39 MPG)
1972 Vespa Ciao: 3L/100km (78 MPG)
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